What are the challenges of defining culture?

What will be an ideal response?


Culture is ever-shifting. It changes from place to place and also changes in the same place over time. Different theorists have taken very different angles to identifying a definition, and they have some overlap, making it difficult to know what is best. How much of culture development is an immutable process, and how much agency do humans have in that process? This is just one of the many questions that cause considerable debate.

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______ involves removing a child so that he or she is no longer able to receive positive reinforcement

a. Overcorrection b. Extinction c. Response cost d. Time out

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Mariah tells her therapist, a Gestaltist, that she dreamt she got married to a pit bull and felt uneasy about telling her parents that she married a dog. When her parents discovered their son-in-law was a pit bull, they disowned her and suddenly became dogs themselves. In response to this dream, Mariah's therapist: a. ? may need to contact a psychiatric hospital (and possibly an animal

shelter) since it is likely Mariahunconsciously desires to marry a dog. b. ? should interpret the dream for her client. c. ? should assist her client in reliving the dream as though it was happening in the now and have her becomeeach part of the dream. d. ? should encourage her client to forget the dream since it was meaningless.

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There is a lack of objective evidence to conclude that research has enhanced the practice of counseling

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Melville believes that religion is extremely important in his life and that it should be to others as well. Which of the following indicators of the salience of life roles best describes his belief?

a. commitment b. knowledge c. participation d. values expectation

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